Faculty from each of U of M Crookston’s departments, Business, Humanities, Social Sciences, and Education (HSSE); Agriculture and Natural Resources (AgNatR), and Math, Science, and Technology (MST), were recognized.
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Jess Bengtson 2010 is always searching for her next feature story subject and, when she started as the communications specialist at the University of Minnesota Crookston in June 2022, the new job seemed like the perfect fit.
What are the odds three University of Minnesota Crookston Golden Eagle alumni would end up working under the same roof? Pretty decent when you have the same or similar majors, it turns out.
Coming from a family with 13 siblings, Kevin Burgau 1980 was ecstatic to come to the University of Minnesota Crookston to play football as a Trojan.
Longtime University of Minnesota Crookston professor Jerry Knutson retired in 2004 after 35 years of teaching general biology, zoology, and microbiology, and because of the lifelong friendships he developed on campus and in the community, he made the decision to stay in Crookston following retirement.
“If you have just one person that believes in you, it can change the course of your life.” That one person for Northwest School of Agriculture (NWSA) alumnus Lloyd Petri 1967 was a former basketball coach whose support led him to the decision to attend college after high school.
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